[SPARK-7152] Add a Column expression for partition ID

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.4.0
• Component/s: SQL
• Target Version/s: 1.4.0
• Sprint: Spark 1.5 doc/QA sprint
• Assignee: Reynold Xin
• Reporter: Reynold Xin
• Created: 26/Apr/15 08:33
• Updated: 26/Apr/15 18:47
• Resolved: 26/Apr/15 18:47

Description

Partition ID can be useful for seeding random number generators, or for seeding unique record IDs.

Issue Links

• blocks: SPARK-7135 Expression for monotonically increasing IDs
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #5705 (rxin)